Total Crime Rate

332.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 332.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 218.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 50.3 8/10
  • Other theft 33.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.2 6/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackmore Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Odd Down , and the 27th highest crime rate of 591 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackmore Drive (BA2 1JW) in the last 12 months was 332.2 per 1,000 residents and was 424.0% higher than the Odd Down average (63.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 103.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 159.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackmore Drive (BA2 1JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackmore Drive, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dartmouth Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackmore Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Loxton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Hay Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Priddy Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Priddy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priddy Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lymore Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lymore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lymore Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Brow Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Blackmore Drive Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Lansdown View Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lansdown View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blackmore Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Loxton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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